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   Hello everyone!  I'm working on one very interesting task right now and I need you help!!!! I'm conducting a survey, that explores healthy lifestyle. Please, complet my servey: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/14bLgVR4r22khZznaQoAjiFR_tDkhU4mzZT8dndsNQD8/viewform The survey is anonymous and It will not take a lot of time. Thanks in advance!!!

              Play and Learn at The Same Time!!!

   Nowadays we have more opportunities in order to achieve success in our study, because there are a large number of the resources for Independent Learning. You need to understand that teachers give you only a small part of the knowledge and your education depends on you and your affords. Independent Learning is absolutely free for everyone and it has a simple action plan. You just need to choose the most appropriate way to learn and to do analysis of you work. There are lots of programs of Independent Learning on any topics. Learning English is no exception, because more and more people begin to study English all over the world.

   I want to introduce you to the great way to learn English outside the class – Lyrics Training. And  I will describe my experience of using Lyrics Training. First of all it is very easy to use. You need to go to this website  and chose the language which you learn. If you want you can sign up. As for me I didn’t sign up, because it wasn’t necessary. Then type the name of your favorite song in English in the search string. There are a huge number of songs of different time and singers. After that there will be the video for this song from YouTube. Then choose your level. There are 4 levels: beginner, intermediate, advanced, expert. Then start to play this game. You just need to complete the lyrics as fast as possible by typing the missing words in the gabs. If you don’t make out any word or you don’t have enough time to type, the music will stop and start playing again. But time and number of attempts are limited. Also you can choose the game mode where there are not missing words and you can sing just like karaoke. After the video you can see the best results.

    Lyrics Training is one of the language learning websites, which will never bore you. On the one hand it is a game, but on the other hand it is a very useful exercise to develop your English. It’s very interesting comprehension game in which you play and learn English at the same. I liked that there were different levels. It means that everyone who have a basic knowledge of English can play and develop the comprehension of English and spelling. Also it is great that there is a big collection of music. But I think it would be better if after each song there will be some sort of analysis and recommendations to player. And sometimes the videos were slow to load. In general, I have positive impressions of this site. And I will use it in my study as additional activity.

http://lyricstraining.com/

To my mind this link http://lyricstraining.com/ is very  interesting. Firstly, because there are a lot of hits of music, which we are listninh every day on TV programs. Such sistem help to us improve our listening skills. Also, it help to us with our  grammar and we can without trouble memorize new words. This exercise does not take much time and it very funny. I advise you to use this link for you study of English.

Independent Learning

1.Date	2. Work done and resources used	3. Activity type	4. Location and Partner(s)	5. Time Spent From - To	6. Evaluation
1 Apr 14	Listened to different famous songs in English and filled 10% of all the random words in the song. (Level for beginners) www.lyricstraining.com	Listening and Vocabulary	Home No partners	21.00 p.m. – 22.30 p.m.	A very entertaining way of enriching our vocabulary. A test is in a game form, so it can be easily used by people at different age. Sometimes singers use colloquialisms which are known only for native speakers, it helps to learn spoken language. Also you can choose your favorite songs. And if you are a polyglot you can find songs in other languages. (For example Spanish). There are a great number of songs on this website. I really enjoyed such an activity very much.
2 Apr 14	Listened to different famous songs in English and filled 25% of all the random words in the song. (Intermediate level) www.lyricstraining.com			20.00 p.m. – 22.00 p.m.
4 Apr 14	Listened to different famous songs in English and tried to fill 50% of all the random words in the song. (Advanced level) www.lyricstraining.com			20.00 p.m. – 22.30 p.m.
5 Apr 14	Watch the video, Learn the words, Speak the video,  Quiz vocabulary http://www.englishcentral.com	Listening and Vocabulary	Home No partners	16.00 p.m. – 18.00 p.m.	A very interesting website with useful videos and tasks. At first you watch video, and then you learn new words by typing them into empty space. After that you speak the video and the computer evaluates your speech and gives you a result, so you can know you level of English (for example, B+). You can improve not only your knowledge, but also your oral speech. Videos contain lots of useful words which we can use in all the spheres of our life. And it isn’t boring. But sometimes you can have problems with downloading videos.

English Literature

All of us tried to found an information about English Grammar. And what about English literature?? As far as I know there are many English writers and poets. Would you like to read some very interesting novels or detectives? If you want here are some links for the most popular English novels:
http://www.literaturepage.com/authors/William-Shakespeare.html
http://www.walterscott.lib.ed.ac.uk/works/index.html?PHPSESSID=ec13210aeb43afc047f87cf62a35e61d
http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/565977/Robert-Louis-Stevenson/6906/Romantic-novels

I want to share with you!!!

 Day by day we are becoming learn more and more about English language. We find out new words, read books know some rules. But unfortunately we often forget the basic things.
Girls, I want to share with you my finding. There are some useful sites, that will you.
 http://www.learnenglish.de/PictureIt/tensespage.html
http://www.homeenglish.ru/frazy.htm http://studynow.ru/phrases/ http://iloveenglish.ru/stories/view/ny_kak_bi_koroche_popylyarnie_anglijskie_razgovornie_frazi http://www.alleng.ru/mybook/4speak/0speaking.htm http://www.5english.ru/speak/phrases3.htm http://vk.com/pages?oid=-46999501&p=%D0%9F%D0%9E%D0%9F%D0%A3%D0%9B%D0%AF%D0%A0%D0%9D%D0%AB%D0%95%20%D0%A0%D0%90%D0%97%D0%93%D0%9E%D0%92%D0%9E%D0%A0%D0%9D%D0%AB%D0%95%20%D0%A4%D0%A0%D0%90%D0%97%D0%AB%20%D0%9D%D0%90%20%D0%90%D0%9D%D0%93%D0%9B%D0%98%D0%99%D0%A1%D0%9A%D0%9E%D0%9C http://study-english.info/conversational-phrases-001.php http://skyeng.ru/articles/100-poleznyh-razgovornyh-fraz-na-anglijskom http://www.maxenglish.ru/index.php/topics

Tips for Beginners

A lot of people want to start lerning English but sometimes they do not know how to start. The first problem is the lack of time. But i know the solution. If you don't have enough you should learn how to manage your time. For example, making lists can help you. 

There is another common reason. Is a known fact, that many of us have a habit of putting off things for later. But never put off till tomorrow what you can do today. Just follow this simple rule and start to learn english right know.
I suggest you some tips. I hope you would like them.

1)You are like a new baby
Babies learn their language slowly.
First they learn to listen.
Then they learn to speak.
Finally, they can read and write.

2)Listen to English every day

Listen to English radio.
Watch English TV.
Go to English movies.

3)Make an English/ESL friend
Make up conversations.
Practise dialogues
Use beginner textbooks.

4)Read English stories
Start with children's storybooks.
Try ESL readers.
Read advertisements, signs and labels.

5)Write down new words
Start a vocabulary (new word) notebook.

Write words in alphabetical order (A...B...C...).
Make example sentences.
Always use an English-English dictionary first.

6)Keep an English diary
Start with one sentence.
How do you feel?
How is the weather?
What did you do today?
Write another sentence tomorrow.

7)Visit an English speaking country
Learn English more quickly.
Stay with an English family.
Hear native speakers talk.
Have a fun experience.

Read more: http://www.englishclub.com/learn-english/learn-english-how.htm

Useful English!!!

      

Very often students of our profession think that if they are good to know grammar and learn a lot of words it will be enough. But they are wrong. Except vocabulary and grammar must be perfect pronunciation. If you want to communicate in English, you need to speak English. Even need to think in English. I found one site that contains a lot of useful advice on the subject. I think it will be interesting for you.http://usefulenglish.ru/phonetics/.

HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY!!!

What would you like to do?

  Like a future teachers of English we must know a lot of about english grammar, speech and reading. But, only knowledge is not enough. Also we must know about methods of teaching Enhlish. I've found one interesting site. There is some information which we need. I hope, you will really like my trouvaille.

Read more: http://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/

Mind Map

"Mind Map" is a trademark of the Buzan Organization (see www.buzan.com). We have no association with this organization.
This is where Mind Mapping can help you.Have you ever studied a subject or brainstormed an idea, only to find yourself with pages of information, but no clear view of how it fits together?
Mind Mapping is a useful technique that helps you learn more effectively, improves the way that you record information, and supports and enhances creative problem solving.
By using Mind Maps, you can quickly identify and understand the structure of a subject. You can see the way that pieces of information fit together, as well as recording the raw facts contained in normal notes.
More than this, Mind Maps help you remember information, as they hold it in a format that your mind finds easy to recall and quick to review.
See more at: 
http://www.mindtools.com/pages/article/newISS_01.htm#sthash.MQjwJhUd.dpuf

We have created an own Mind Map. It is called "Modern Monarchies". We put there a lot of information about modern Kings and Queens. It is on English. I hope you will like it. We have not finish working on it yet. In the nearest future we will add some more information, pictures, videos and et cetera. It is the link: http://mind42.com/mindmap/2dd82b3d-5b34-419b-b2d4-820d9ae05f8e

Do you like reading?

                               

If you are learning English you are simply obliged to love reading. Reading is one of the basic and most productive methods of learning any language. Nothing will help you more than books. You shouldn’t immediately take serious work of the world famous author, for a start choose something simple, something that will be appropriate to your level. All large libraries always have an sector of  international book, where you can find books adapted for different levels of language proficiency. Start reading every day, let it be a small article or a short passage, and very soon you will notice that your vocabulary is richer and your speech is more confident. Do not waste your time reading boring books, read what you like and then it will go faster. So you will be able to kill two birds with one stone.And there is one more important truth. Reading is always useful! it develops your imagination, outlook and memory. There is an opinion that the Internet can replace books. Remember that  it is not true. An interesting book can cheer up even in the most difficult moments. Reading is great! So what are you waiting for?

 Read more about the libraries in our city: http://www.kstounb.kz/ru/knigi, http://mykst.kz/muzei-i-biblioteki, http://pro-kostanay.net/clubs/17_biblioteki-goroda-kostanaja.html

The Role of Videos in Learning English

As you know practice plays an important role in every kind of studying and learning. What about our learning English it can not be successfull without any practising. To understand English-speaking people perfectly we should improve our listening skills. It is difficult for us because we live in Russian-speaking country, so we can not listen to English. But I do not think that it is a problem, and you will agree with me. The solution is to listen to different tapescripts as we do on our English lesson. I suggest you to watch films and cartoons on English language. As for me it is very interesting and useful, because you learn English and get pleasure of watching funny, thrilling or horror films at the same time. I think you will enjoy such a way of learning English. Here are some videos to watch

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6AvnBImpIM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bxIBO2a0vCk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NX_3byoOCdQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AyG4LQqyzNg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pnWQqBYJ5ro

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8Oq15c8e_c

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2y_-vsHvPBE

So, you do not have to go anywhere to watch films because now you can do it at home) Enjoy yourself!!!

A new tutorial on English

When you learn English yourself then you necessarily need a good tutorial. A good tutorial is half the battle.
There are a lot of good tutorials and sometimes it's too difficult to choose one of them. So, I suggest you one of the best tutorials in my opinion.

                                                    Petrova "A new tutorial on English."

The purpose of the book - an independent study of the English language within, allowing simple to read and translate the original text, including technical and scientific. Grammar contains only those rules that are necessary for the practical acquisition of language (written and spoken). Lexical basis of the tutorial is 2000 words.
https://drive.google.com/?tab=jo&authuser=0#folders/0B9cVW-k3Pk6TeGs1ZnQtNUo4dGM

A Very Useful Blog

http://clickonenglish.blogspot.com/
I have found a very good blog. It is similar to our blog. There is a lot of useful information in this blog. You can find several BLOG LABELS
1ºBac
1ºESO
2ºBac
2ºESO
2ºESO-B-C3ºESO
4ºESO
Animation
AnniversariesBlog
Carnival
Celebration
ChristmasClass activity
Classroom 
Conditionals
ConfusingConnectors
Coruña
Culture
Directions
DOEnvironment
Films
Fun-joke
FunctionsGalicia
Geography
GET
GraduationGrammar
Halloween
Heritage
HistoryHomophones
HumanRights
Ireland
KaraokeLanguage learning
Link
ListeningLiterature
MAKE
Music
MusicProjectNatural disasters
News
NumbersOnomatopoeias
Passive
Peace
PhrasalVerbsPinkPanther
Poll
Practice-exercisePrepostions
Projects
Pronunciation
QuizReading
School activities
SlideSpeaking
Spelling
Sport
Sport-PRO
St.PatrickStudent Exchange
Technology
ThanksgivingTheatre
Traditions
Travel
TV
ValentineVerbs
Video-lesson
VideosVocabulary
Weather
WordOrder
Writing

I was surprised when I saw so much labels, to my mind this blog is perfect. I advise you to see it as quickly as it is possible))

Let me introduce this site. There I found vital information for developing speaking skills. We offten forget simple words or can not substitute them. I hope, that such link would be useful for you.
http://study-english.info/vocabulary-synonyms.php

Improving Listening skills...

I tried to find something very useful and not boring for you to make your learning more interesting and entertaining, so I suggest you to watch this funny cartoon. I am sure that all of you have seen it in the childhood, but in Russian. This way of learning English helps to develop your listening skills and enriches your vocabulary. Hope, you will like it! =)

P. S. Leave your comments and suggestions) 

Continue enriching your vocabulary...

As Zhanna said, it is very important to increase our vocabulary. She is right. English language also has lots of idioms and phraseologisms, so if you want to speak English fluently you should know different phrases and sayings. When I was studying at school, my friend and I did a scientific research. We read many books, such as Charles Dickens - “David Copperfield”, William Shakespeare - “Othello”, Sir Walter Scott - “Ivanhoe”,
 Noel Coward - “Design for living”. Also we used many vocabularies, for example “The New Oxford American Dictionary”, “The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language”, “Longman Dictionary of English Idioms”, “The Oxford Russian Dictionary” and so on to find English phraseologisms including colors. We tried to find as many phraseologisms as we could and then systematized them in one dictionary. I think it will help you to read English literature, or may be to write your own novel...)))
Press this link to see the dictionary  https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B6g_4sLlXehXRHFjbXhPRzhicEU/edit?usp=sharing

There is no limit to perfection!

                    

As students of the Faculty of Foreign Languages we are faced with a problem as multiple repetition of most frequently used words in our speech and in our writing. As future teachers of English we need to increase our vocabulary, because this is our profession. The problem is not  that English has a small vocabulary, it is quite the opposite. English language contains about 490 thousand words and another 300 thousand technical terms. For example, Shakespeare used in his works 33 thousand words.Undoubtedly, nobody can compete with him, but it's a great role model for all of us. If you like my idea, this table will be useful for you)))

ATTENTION!!!

Girls! Let's help each other to learn English! HOW? Everything is very simple and will not take much time. Come to our blog, share your information with other members and ask your questions. Well, and let's help each other with homework. I'm sure it will be useful and fun!